Yes, Afghanistan Needs More Military Aid From India To Win The War Against Taliban: US General

That India is playing a very important role in the neighbourhood and that India-US ties are at their highest level since 1947 can be measured from how the top brass of the US army is looking at India.

General John Nicholson, Commander Resolute Support and United States Forces in Afghanistan, said that it is India’s military aid that is helping Afghanistan build its security apparatus, fight the Taliban and bring peace in the region.

Underlining that Kabul has sought more military supplies from India, especially Mi-25 attack helicopters, Nicholson said that US favours New Delhi’s support for peace in the war-torn and terror-infested country.

“I cannot speak for the Afghan government. But I know that they have requested more and would like more and I think there is an immediate need for more as these aircraft can immediately get into the fight,” he said.

Late in 2015, India gifted four Mi-25 choppers to Afghanistan, which Kabul used to effectively counter the Taliban and other terror groups.

India has been at the forefront of the reconstruction in Afghanistan. India built the Afghan-India Friendship Dam in Herat province and is building the Chabahar Port in Iran to facilitate the movement of goods to Afghanistan.